I love "Naoya lost to plot" mfs because yeah, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴. Naoya lost to himself because he was a misogynist and thought Maki would never become equal to Toji. And he rushed her head on thinking she couldn't react at his speed, but she could because she had a heavenly restriction.